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Arkansas jail inmates say they were unknowingly given unproven COVID-19 treatment ivermectin: 'They were running experiments on us'
"We never knew that they were running experiments on us, giving us ivermectin. We never knew that,"…
Katie Balevic
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Vitamin D isn't an effective COVID-19 treatment, but scientists haven't ruled out its relationship to severe disease
Vitamin D shortened a COVID-19 patient's hospital stay, but there's no evidence that taking vitamin…
Aria Bendix
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From Remdesivir to use of oxygen to vaccination during periods – India’s health ministry clears the air about an ‘unnecessary panic’ in the country
India has seen a staggering rise in the number of COVID-19 cases, which has wreaked havoc on India’…
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A 15-year-old describes getting a rare post-COVID illness, starting with a rash and turning into loss of heart and kidney function
"My body just wasn't working," 15-year-old Abie Martinez told Insider. He developed MIS-C, a rare i…
Hilary Brueck
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4 Arkansas inmates are suing a jail and its doctor, claiming they were given ivermectin for COVID-19 without their consent
The four inmates allege that they were told that they were being given vitamins, antibiotics, and s…
Cheryl Teh
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'Voter suppression on steroids': Wisconsin's decision to hold the state's in-person primary amid the COVID-19 pandemic will suppress voters, advocates warn
Evers had urged the Republican-controlled State Legislature to reconfigure the primary election, th…
Connor Perrett,Connor Perrett
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Trump's week with COVID-19
These are the top stories written by Business Insider's healthcare team for the week ending October…
Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer
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Trump boasted that his carefully timed return to the White House after being hospitalized for COVID-19 was 'like a Broadway production': book
Trump had floated ripping off his dress shirt to reveal a Superman shirt underneath, but that plan …
Bryan Metzger,John Haltiwanger
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LeBron James says 'Courtside Karen' shouldn't have been kicked out of the game and he's 'happy fans are back'
"I don't feel like it was warranted to be kicked out," James said of "Courtside Karen" and "Old Ste…
Meredith Cash
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2 fringe doctors created the myth that ivermectin is a 'miracle cure' for COVID-19 - whipping up false hope that could have deadly consequences
Dr. Paul Marik and Dr. Pierre Kory are two of the most well-known ivermectin promoters around. They…
Hilary Brueck
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Spotify airs Joe Rogan podcast touting ivermectin as part of his COVID-19 treatment, despite the FDA calling it 'dangerous'
Spotify aired Joe Rogan's podcast where he defended his use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19, despit…
Kieran Press-Reynolds,Andrea …
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CDC: COVID-19 outbreak among 346 fully vaccinated people shows those 'infected with Delta can transmit the virus'
The vast majority of vaccinated people who were infected had mild symptoms like headaches and sore …
Hilary Brueck
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The US's third coronavirus surge may become the deadliest yet, experts say
The US faces an unprecedented set of circumstances this fall: The holidays, flu season, and widespr…
Aria Bendix
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Trump is taking dexamethasone, a steroid that can give patients a false sense of recovery followed by a crash
Dexamethasone can cause euphoria and reduce fever, but it also weakens the immune system and leaves…
Andrea Michelson
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Pfizer claims its newly approved COVID-19 vaccine can survive without sub-zero temperatures for five days
The COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer and BioNTech has been greenlit by the UK government.…
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Doctors in India are reporting COVID-19 patients with gangrene, hearing loss, and diarrhea - but there's not enough data to prove they're caused by the Delta variant
Doctors in India are seeing COVID-19 patients with symptoms like hearing loss and gangrene, as the …
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce,…
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Even small initiatives during a pandemic can help save a thousand lives, these people are doing their bit
As India is going through one of its worst phases in history, with the second wave of the COVID-19 …
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COVID-19 patients in India are developing deadly 'black fungus' infections that can lead to blindness
Doctors say steroids, which have proved effective for those severely ill with COVID-19, may inadver…
Kelsie Sandoval
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A 13-year-old girl was hospitalized with genital ulcers possibly related to COVID-19, and she had to have labia surgery
This seems to be the first reported case of this as a COVID-19 symptom, authors of the BMJ Case Rep…
Julia Naftulin
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Drugs used to combat COVID-19 — what works and what doesn’t
(Disclaimer: This should not be considered medical advice. Please check with your doctor before tak…